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Article: Behind the Blog: Using Your Brain

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Amazon has changed its wishlist policy to allow gifters to select items from third-party sellers, which may expose a recipient's delivery address to the gifter. Amazon's notice to users disclaims responsibility for how third-party sellers handle this address data.

The policy change was first highlighted by sex workers, who often rely on wishlists as a crucial alternative payment method due to widespread discrimination from traditional payment processors. While many use it supplementarily, these lists are vital for those debanked from mainstream financial services.

The main topics covered are Amazon's policy change and its privacy implications, and the specific impact on sex workers' livelihoods.

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2026-02-27 16:27

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2026-03-04 14:36

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This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss wishes made, god complexes, and the point of it all.
SAM: This week I wrote about Amazon’s changing policy for wishlists. It’s allowing gifters to choose third-party sellers for items, which could expose recipients’ delivery addresses to the gifter. The notice Amazon sent wishlist holders is a basic example of CYA messaging: Amazon can’t guarantee what a third party seller will do with your address once they have it, including giving it to a gifter for tracking purposes.
Sex workers first flagged this change on social media because many use wishlists as an easy way to accept gifts, tributes, tips, etc instead of or in addition to actual funds. This is important because payment processors are wildly hostile and actively discriminatory toward the adult industry, and having alternative ways to get paid is crucial if you’re debanked or banned from the usual payment processors. I think most use it in a supplementary fashion, though.